Tag: Reef fish

Two closely related species living together need different colors to stand out. The Reticulated Butterflyfish (Chaetodon reticulatus; left) and Meyer's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri; right) are close relatives that have overlapping ranges in the Indo-Pacific and are both found on the Great Barrier Reef. Despite only being separate species for less than a million years (a blink of an eye in evolutionary time), they have evolved very different color patterns making them stand apart from each other on reefs where they are both found. Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Mystery Of Color Patterns Of Reef Fish – Solved

MessageToEagle.com | December 5, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have solved the mystery of why some closely-related species of an iconic reef fish have vastly different color patterns, while others look very similar. Researchers at

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